Is there an easy way to add programs to Windows 10 start menu manually, as in without having to install nor uninstall->install again said program? If you try to drag and drop shortcuts manually in the Start folder it gives an error saying you are not allowed to do that.

What I am trying to do right now is fixing my Starcraft shortcut, because it points to the old installed copy I got (which I installed in C:\\Starcraft\ by accident in 2010) instead of the 2017 install. Windows 7 or below allowed me to just drag and drop any shortcut to the Start menu, but in Windows 10 they desactivated or removed that feature entirely.

Note that I do not want to put the programs to the pinned apps list on the side of the menu. I just want them in the classic start menu list like other programs. This is why I am asking here, because on Google the only results explained how to pin apps to the grid rather than adding shortcuts to the start menu.

I don't know that I'm understanding your question correctly, but here's my 2 cents.If you mean you just want to pin a game shortcut to the Start Menu, just right-click the shortcut then click, 'Pin to Start'

Also, why don't you just delete the old shortcut and make a new one pointing to the new starcraft, or use Steam?

oh! so you want to pin the shortcuts to the 'all programs' list!Yeah, there's no easy way to do this, however if you use this shortcut frequently, it'll show up in the 'most used' section at the top. Other than that, there's no way to get apps at the top.

Why don't you want to use the Start Menu? Is it getting to cluttered?

New pro tip if this is the case: To clear some space on the Start menu, group your app tiles into folders by grabbing and dropping a tile on top of another tile.

EDIT: You can always request a feature to pin apps to the 'all programs' list with the feedback app.

The first Windows I used is 95, which only had the leftmost program list. This is what I got used to during my childhood and early adulthood. I do not like changes and thus, when I switched to XP, Seven and 10 I changed my settings to ensure that the Start menu looks as close as possible to Windows 95 (eg switching to classic layout, resizing it to get rid of the pinned apps section entirely, etc).